On December 29, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Focus game, the Lakers traveled to the road to challenge the Rockets. Before this game, the Lakers had suffered a five-game losing streak, and they had reached the point where they could not afford to lose. In today's game, James played as the team's center, and his career total score was 35,969 points.
In the first quarter, James was full of firepower, shooting 5 of 7 in a single quarter, including 2 of 3 from three-point range, 1 of 1 from the free throw line, and 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the single quarter. In the second quarter, James reduced his shots, but still handed over 2 of 4 shots, including 1 of 1 of 3-pointers, unfortunately James deflected both free throws in this quarter. At halftime, James scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
James has only one shot offside since the start of the second half, and he has four assists from more tandem teammates in the quarter, resting off the field the rest of the time. As the final quarter began, James quickly hit a mid-range shot. In the middle of the quarter, when the two sides were 111-111, James scored from the basket to help the team take the lead. 1 minute and 40 seconds before the final game, James hit two key free throws to help the team lead to 6 points, then James first dunked and then hit a layup to help the team lead to 7 points.
45 seconds before the finale, the Rockets fouled James, and he hit two free throws steadily. The Rockets then continued to foul, James again hit two free throws to help the team beat the Rockets 132-123, James played 40 minutes today, 11 of 19 shooting 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
With today's 31st point, James reached the career 36,000-point milestone! Looking at NBA history, only Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points) and Carl Malone (36,928 points) can do this. Of the active stars, the closest to James is his teammate Anthony (27,820 points).
In two days, James will celebrate his 37th birthday. But he still maintains a super high level of competition, and in the next few seasons, James is very likely to complete the surpassing of Malone and Abdul-Jabbar, topped the NBA's all-time scoring throne, and hit the 40,000 points in NBA history!